Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. In this article, we’ll be talking about candidate experience, why passion matters, employer branding and social recruiting.

Here are the articles our that interested us this week (in no particular order), enjoy!:

What if it mattered how we treated candidates by Marvin Smith (@talentcommunity)

Great post by Marvin on candidate experience and what would happen if we treated customers like we do candidates.

Star Candidate Experience in 17 Steps by John Sumser (@JohnSumser)

Another great take on candidate experience.  Best (or worst) of all this was a post from 7 years ago.  Need to take a step forward on this.

Why Passion Matters (and How to Cultivate It in Your Life) by Sarah Winfrey (@sarahwinfrey)

Love this post by Sarah on passion and why it’s important to be successful.

Trucking Company Scrapped the Stock Photos by Todd Raphael (@ToddRaphael)

A great employer branding example from Swift Transportation.

How social recruiting can help you recruit the ‘unicorn’ talent by Andy Headworth (@AndyHeadworth)

A great look into the value that social media can have for recruiting.

Hope you enjoy the list.  If you have any articles I should add to the list feel free to add them to the comments or follow us on Twitter @smashfly.